Mentor QB Mitch Trubisky, Urban Meyer could be good fit
Published: Tuesday, November 29, 2011
By Mark Podolski
MPodolski@News-Herald.com
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Thursday is an important day for college football coaches, as it's the first day they can call potential recruits.
Mentor junior quarterback Mitch Trubisky expects plenty of calls that day, and they might include one from Ohio State coach Urban Meyer.
There might not be a better potential fit between college coach and high school quarterback in Ohio than Meyer and Trubisky.
In 2001, when Meyer was named Bowling Green's coach, Mentor coach Steve Trivisonno and his staff spent a few days at the school learning the spread offense.
Said Trivisonno about the spread offense Mentor employs now: "Most everything we got came from (Meyer)."
In other words, Trubisky is running a Meyer-inspired offense at Mentor.
Then there's Trubisky himself, a 6-foot-3 strong-armed QB who amassed more than 4,400 yards of total offense and 53 touchdowns this fall as a junior. He's already generated plenty of interest from an assortment of Division I programs, and is intrigued by OSU's hiring of Meyer.
"I'm a big fan of Ohio State," said Trubisky. "I hope they keep showing interest (in me). I love the system, and I love that Urban Meyer is the coach there."
Trubisky visited Ohio State twice this fall for the Michigan State and Wisconsin games. He also attended the Buckeyes' camp last summer, and was a guest of Michigan State for the Spartans' win over the Badgers.
The Mentor quarterback's top schools right now are, in order, West Virginia, Michigan State, Ohio State, Boston College, Wisconsin and Duke.
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